This delicious salted caramel sauce recipe is perfect for when you don’t need a whole jar. Fill a dozen cupcakes, drizzle on top of ice cream or just satisfy your salted caramel craving in a snap.
Whisk together all your ingredients (except the vanilla) in a heavy-bottom saucepan on medium-high heat and bring to a boil.
Bring down to a simmer and whisk until it thickens (it takes me about 13 minutes - but make sure not to thicken it too much; it will continue to harden as it cools).
Once thick enough, whisk in the ¼ teaspoon vanilla then remove from the heat.
Very carefully pour the caramel into a heatproof container. Allow to cool slightly before using (remember: hot sugar!).
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Notes
The sauce will harden as it cools. However, you can just pop it into the microwave for a few seconds to soften it up again.